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Union Patriotic Cover
Object Details
- Description
- The unused envelope bears a portrait of General Burnside. Design in black. Printed by Magee in honor of the Burnside Expedition of 1862 when New Berne, N.C., was captured. Weiss PM-57.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1861-1865
- Object number
- 1983.0191.231
- Depicts
- Gen. Burnside
- Printer
- Magee
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink (black)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Weiss Catalog PM-57
- Walcott Catalog L524
- Topic
- Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
- Record ID
- npm_1983.0191.231
- Usage
- CC0
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